Annual Festh Celebrations at Lourdes Church

🕓 December 7, 2011

Pictures: Srikanth Bhat, Sinchana DigitalsKanajar, Dec 7: The Parish feast of Our Lady of Lourdes Church was celebrated
in grand manner. The celebrations began at 10:00 AM with the solemn mass, with the
main celebrant Rev. Fr. Alwyn D'Cunha, former parish priest of Kanajar and
currently serving at Katipalla parish. He was joined by concelebrant 8 priests
from the Karkala deanery.

In his homily, Rev. Fr. Alwyn D'Cunha delivered the message stressing
about building the parish family as a whole. Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Dr. John
Mendonca thanked the parishioners for joining hands in the success of the
celebrations. Earlier, the parish council members and mordom (expense) bearers
were honored by the parish priest by presenting them with blessed candles.

Vespers Day Eve

Kanajar, Dec 6: The Vespers Day on the eve of parish feast was celebrated
with all grandeur. The celebration began at 6:30 PM with candle lit procession of the
palanquin of Our Lady of Lourdes. This was followed by solemn mass with main
celebrant Rev. Fr. Maxim Pinto, the head friar of Capuchins at Kattingeri
parish. Keeping with the customs of vespers day, the homily was delivered in
Kannada language so that the people from all community would benefit from it.
The celebrations culminated with the spectacular display of fireworks. The
beautifully decorated church illuminated with miniature lights was a real feast
to the eyes of spectators, and adding to the joy was the shopping at the fair
organized in the vicinity of the church.